Wary of Attack With Smallpox, U.S. Buys Up a Costly Drug ~ NY Times
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. The United States government is buying enough of a new smallpox medicine to treat two million people in the event of a bioterrorism attack, and took delivery of the first...
View ArticleUK smallpox terror threat downgraded after nearly £80mn ‘wasted’ on vaccine ~ RT
One of the UK’s preeminent scientists has denounced the wasting of some £80 million on smallpox vaccines. The terrorist threat of the disease – now confined to laboratories – has been changed following...
View ArticleSweden affirms swine flu vaccine narcolepsy link ~ The Local
The Swedish Medical Products Agency (Läkemedelsverket) ordered the massive study to determine if the vaccine had any connection to narcolepsy after dozens of reported cases of young people coming down...
View ArticleA Vaccine That Works in Newborns? ~ Science Daily
The ability to immunize babies at birth — rather than two months of age, when most current vaccination series begin — would be a triumph for global health. Worldwide, each year, infections kill more...
View ArticleSynchrotron yields ‘safer’ vaccine ~ BBC
by Fergus Walsh Producing vaccines against viral threats is a potentially hazardous business and that’s why manufacturers have to operate strict controls to ensure that no pathogens escape. British...
View Article240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive ~ AP
Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backedvaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan’s tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, a top official with the World Health...
View ArticleMeasles: Make MMR jab mandatory’ call by US expert ~ BBC
BBC News As a measles epidemic in south Wales continues to spread at an “alarming rate” an expert has said mandatory vaccinations should be considered. Dr Paul Offit, a US-based measles expert, told...
View ArticleUS court pays $6 million to Gardasil victims ~ Washington Times
by Peter Lind Washington Times Gardasil, the vaccine for HPV (human papillomavirus), may not be as safe as backers claim. Judicial Watch announced it has received documents from the Department of...
View ArticleAustralian Medical Association calls for mandatory proof of vaccination ~...
by SUE DUNLEVY and PETRA STARKE news.com.au ‘PARENTS who fail to vaccinate their children should face barriers to enrolling them in school and childcare centres, the Australian Medical Association...
View ArticleNo Jab, No Play Campaign Aims To Get Tough On Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate...
Business Insider ‘Over the past two decades the anti-vaccination movement has gained a growing following in NSW, Australia’s most populous state. It may have met its match. After fighting to retain its...
View ArticleVaccinate your children or declare why not, parents in Australia told ~ SMH
by Melissa Davey Sydney Morning Herald ‘Parents will be forced to either vaccinate their children or register for an exemption in order to enroll them in childcare, after changes to the Public Health...
View ArticleMy friend Malcolm Brabant and his descent into madness after a routine jab ~...
by Helena Smith The Observer My friend Malcolm Brabant has gone to places none of us would like to go. He has been possessed sitting on his veranda under a dark, Attic sky; he has heard voices in his...
View ArticleHPV Vaccine Seen Differently by Japan and U.S. ~ Tokyo Times
The Tokyo Times The Japanese government withdrew its recommendation that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine can be used by girls, due to possible adverse effects such as long-term pain and...
View ArticleNew FDA warnings on Cipro may tie into Gulf War illness
From The Air Force Times: During the 1990-91 Persian Gulf War, then-Navy corpsman David Ridenhour often browbeat troops in 1st Battalion, 5th Marines to take their medications — the anti-nerve agent...
View ArticleInfections are the true beneficiaries of war
From BBC News: History has repeatedly shown that contagion makes an easy bedfellow with human conflict. Take the poliovirus outbreak in Syria - and Israel and Egypt too – caused by related strains that...
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